WH-1000XM3

I am still rocking a pair of XM3's and I am torn between rewarding Sony for the excellent service they have given me for 5+ years now and the price of the XM5's in my country. I am only now just starting to get a bit of static noise in the right ear of the XM3's and from my experience that is a warning they are on the way out. Would you reward a company for the excellent product your previously bought from them even if you don't agree with the price of the newer model? The noise cancelling aspect is very important and I believe they are still up there as one of the best NC headphones on the market.

I don't know where this 'most people's hinges break' stuff is coming from. I am still using a pair of XM3's that are 7 years old now. I think that might be a careless person problem more than a product problem.

Well, good to know that I am not missing out on anything. I bought the XM6 for Christmas as I had a bunch of air time upcoming and I did not want the 1 gen Max. The high quality carrying case that comes with the XM6 is in my opinion still one of the highlights next to the small QoL updates compared to the XM3s.

This is reminding me that my daughter went to a doctor visit the other day and some dude was playing his old rock and roll on his bone conducting headphones. He might as well have just been using the speaker phone. Everyone in the waiting room and the people working the reception desk could hear it about as well as he could. If you're an iPhone user, I highly suggest the Airpods Pro 3. The regular Airpods are hard plastic that don't seal in your ear so they are leaky by design. The Pros have a silicon tip. Nobody can hear it but you. You might like the Sony XM4 as others have said as well. I had the XM3 since 2018 and they finally broke a couple of weeks ago so they lasted quite a long time. They have great ANC but they are extremely bass forward.

Yep I have the 1st generation, bought them when they released and they’re still an absolute workhorse. These are always a top recommendation from me.

First of all you can’t even fold it properly… You can check the sub for how many users had them breaking as well eventually the metal pins wear down the plastic part and it cracks.. I would rather get an XM4 ! It is pretty good option as well yes you might think that is an older model but I am still using my XM3 and it is as good as it was when I bought it back in 2019 ! If you care about longevity you need to consider the longevity of the hinge